Washington was not involved in Israel’s attack on Iran late Thursday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressed as he warned Tehran not to target American interests in the Middle East.

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday said that the United States “needs to be prepared” to help Israel destroy the Iranian nuclear program. “If Israel needs our help to ensure

A US president who vowed to be a peacemaker has to handle a new Middle East crisis that strikes a blow to his diplomatic efforts.

OPERATION RISING LION: Claiming that Iran was on the verge of producing as many as nine nuclear bombs, Israel launched what it said would be a multiday campaign to degrade Iran’s nuclear facilities and eliminate key military leaders and nuclear scientists.

Israel's aerial assault on Iran is widely viewed as an act of naked aggression with no basis in international law, carried out unilaterally despite US opposition and aimed at derailing ongoing US-Iran nuclear negotiations,

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said the U.S. Senate “stands ready to work with President Trump and with our allies in Israel to restore peace in the region and, first and foremost, to defend the American people from Iranian aggression, especially our troops and civilians serving overseas.”